男，工学博士，副教授，硕士生导师。2006年本科毕业于安徽师范大学化学与材料科学学院，2013年博士毕业于南京大学现代工程与应用科学学院，2013至2016年在日本国立产业技术综合研究所能源技术部从事博士后科研工作，2016年至今加入南京工业大学从事科研和教学工作。
主要研究领域为能源材料电化学与电池技术，包括锂-空气电池、锌-空气电池、全固态/准固态锂电池、高比能锂离子电池、锂-硫电池等。已在能源领域国际刊物合作发表SCI论文50余篇，其中以第一作者及通讯作者在Advanced Materials、Energy & Environmental Science、Advanced Functional Materials、Energy Storage Materials、Small、Journal of Materials Chemistry A等权威刊物发表SCI论文30余篇，引用1700余次，专利7件。主持国家自然科学青年基金（2019-2021年）、江苏省自然科学青年基金（2017-2020年）、参与国家重点研发计划子课题（固态电池界面构筑及其特性研究，2018-2021年，课题骨干）。
电子邮箱：kaimingliao@njtech.edu.cn
办公室：材料化学工程国家重点实验室CD403
近期代表性论文：
1. Kaiming Liao, Shichao Wu, Xiaowei Mu, Qian Lu, Min Han, Ping He*, Zongping Shao, Haoshen Zhou*, Developing a “water-defendable” and “dendrite-free” lithium metal anode using a simple and promising GeCl₄ pretreatment method. Adv. Mater., 2018, 30, ** (影响因子25.809).
2. Mingjie Du, Kaiming Liao*, Qian Lu, Zongping Shao*, Recent advances in the interface engineering of solid-state Li-ion batteries with artificial buffer layers: challenges, materials, construction, and characterization. Energy Environ. Sci., 2019, 12, 1780 (影响因子33.25).
3. Kaiming Liao, Xuebin Wang, Yang Sun, Daiming Tang, Min Han, Ping He, Xiangfen Jiang, Tao Zhang*, Haoshen Zhou*, An oxygen cathode with stable full discharge-charge capability based on 2D conducting oxide. Energy Environ. Sci., 2015, 8, 1992 (影响因子33.25).
4. Qian Lu, Jie Yu, Xiaohong Zou, Kaiming Liao*, Peng Tan, Wei Zhou, Meng Ni, Zongping Shao*, Self-catalyzed growth of Co, N-codoped CNTs on carbon-encased CoS_x surface: a noble-metal-free bifunctional oxygen electrocatalyst for flexible solid Zn-air batteries. Adv. Funct. Mater., 2019, 29, ** (影响因子15.621).
5. Xiaohong Zou, Kaiming Liao*, Di Wang, Qian Lu, Chuan Zhou, Ping He, Ran Ran, Wei Zhou, Wanqin Jin, Zongping Shao*, Water-proof, electrolyte-nonvolatile, and flexible Li-air batteries via O₂-permeable silica-aerogel-reinforced polydimethylsiloxane external membranes. Energy Storage Mater., 2020, 27, 297 (影响因子15.09).
6. Xiaohong Zou, Qian Lu, Yijun Zhong, Kaiming Liao*, Wei Zhou, Zongping Shao*, Flexible, flame-resistant and dendrite-impermeable gel-polymer electrolyte for Li-O₂/air batteries workable under hurdle conditions. Small, 2018, 14, ** (影响因子10.856).
7. Qian Lu, Xiaohong Zou, Ran Ran, Wei Zhou, Kaiming Liao*, Zongping Shao, An “electronegative” bifunctional coating layer: simultaneous regulation of polysulfide and Li-ion adsorption sites for long-cycling and “dendrite-free” Li-S batteries. J. Mater. Chem. A., 2019, 7, 22463 (影响因子10.733).
8. Fei Ye, Xiu Zhang, Kaiming Liao*, Qian Lu, Xiaohong Zou, Ran Ran, Wei Zhou, Yijun Zhong, Zongping Shao*, A smart lithiophilic polymer filler in gel polymer electrolyte enables stable and dendrite-free Li metal anode. J. Mater. Chem. A., 2020, DOI: 10.1039/D0TA02499F (影响因子10.733).
9. Kaiming Liao, Peng Mao, Na Li, Min Han, Jin Yi, Ping He, Yang Sun*, Haoshen Zhou*, Stabilization of polysulfides via lithium bonds for Li-S batteries. J. Mater. Chem. A., 2016, 4, 5406 (影响因子10.733).
10. Xiangkun Meng, Kaiming Liao*, Jie Dai, Xiaohong Zou, Sixuan She, Wei Zhou, Fei Ye, Zongping Shao*, Ultralong cycle life Li-O₂ battery enabled by a MOF-derived ruthenium-carbon composite catalyst with a durable regenerative surface. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces., 2019, 11, 20091 (影响因子8.456).